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Opinions and editorials from around the country.
The Department of Health and Human Services gives states financial and technical guidance to help set up IT systems for Medicaid enrollment while some video game companies start to focus on the medical field.
States address a range of health care policy issues.
Home Health, Other Medicare Providers Face Pay Cuts
Home health providers face Medicare payment cuts next year.
Risk Pools, Drug Prices And Other Issues In Health Law Implementation
A health care law program that directs $5 billion for coverage of otherwise uninsurable people through state-run high-risk insurance pools has attracted only 8,011 people according to health department enrollment figures.
Screening Heavy Smokers For Lung Cancer Reduces Chance Of Death, Federal Study Finds
A federal study finds that screening heavy smokers for lung cancer reduces their chance of dying from the disease.
This week’s research roundup includes studies from Health Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Walgreens Pushes Stronger Primary Care Role For Pharmacists
Walgreens wants its pharmacists and nurses to provide basic primary care services in “retail health clinics”
Hospitals In Florida, New York Try New Ways To Boost Finances
News outlets report on hospitals in Florida and New York.
AMA To Replace CEO Maves At End Of June
The American Medical Association announced Thursday that CEO Michael Maves will depart in June, when his contract ends.
Medicaid Pooled Trusts Keep Seniors Out Of Nursing Homes
News outlets report on Medicaid and long-term care.
Health Care Industries Have Mixed Reaction To Health Reform
Insurers drop individual child coverage health plans and hope to influence state-level insurance exchanges; AARP says it raised premiums partly due to new healthcare law.
First Edition: November 5, 2010
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including more speculation about how Republicans will proceed with efforts to repeal the health law.
Sanofi Pasteur’s Dengue Vaccine Enters Phase III Trial In Australia
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis, on Thursday announced the company had begun testing its dengue fever vaccine in a Phase III clinical trial in Australia, Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal reports. “Sanofi-Aventis already performed earlier clinical tests on children and adults with the vaccine in the U.S., Asia and Latin America,” Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal adds (Landauro, 11/4).
Telegraph Examines Upcoming African Mobile Health Summit
The Telegraph looks at the upcoming Mobile Health Africa Summit, the “first event of its kind where stakeholders across Africa and the world will come together to debate the implementation of m-health across the continent.”
What’s Next For Health Law? Repeal Efforts, ‘Compromise,’ Congressional Conflict
As Republican leaders say they’ll try to repeal the law, Democrats, including Sen. Harry Reid, are suggesting ‘tweaks.’
Industry Experts Speculate, Strategize On What Election Means For Business And Reform
“Health-care companies see the Republican win as a chance to chip away at aspects of Mr. Obama’s health overhaul least favorable to the industry,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
Leaders Discuss Best Practices, Challenges For Detecting Counterfeit Medications
During the opening of the 10th annual meeting of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) in Accra, Ghana, the country’s “Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called on member countries of [the society] to institute effective measures that would help detect fake and counterfeit drugs,” Ghana News Agency reports.
States address a range of health policy issues.
